530  Sanscrit  Pharmacopoeia.  {AmNov",il5arm 
Macassar  Pomade,  made  by  the  following  formula,  also  makes  an 
excellent  preparation : 
Castor  Oil,   10  oz.  weight 
Suet,    2  oz. 
Spermaceti,   i  oz. 
Oil  of  Nutmegs   ^  f  3 
Oil  of  Sweet  Marjoram,   ^  f  3 
Oil  of  Rosemary,   %  f  g 
Oil  of  Rose,   15  tt^ 
Oil  of  Rose  Geranium,   10  rr\, 
Alkanet  root,    .  .  .  .  sufficient  to  color 
Melt  the  spermaceti  and  suet  adding  the  castor  oil  previously- 
colored  by  digesting  with  alkanet,  and  lastly  add  when  nearly  cold 
the  perfumes,  which  in  this  case  are  also  the  medicaments. 
LEAVES  FROM  A  SANSCRIT  PHARMACOPOEIA.1 
By  Thomas  Stephenson,  F.C.S.,  Pharmaceutical  Chemist,  Bombay. 
The  methods  of  medical  treatment  adopted  by  the  "  medicine 
men"  of  uncivilized  nations  have  always  a  peculiar  interest  to  those 
of  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  profession's.  It  is  true  that  little, 
if  any,  material  benefit  can  accrue  to  the  members  of  these  profes- 
sions by  such  study,  and  no  pharmacist  can  hope  to  make  his  for- 
tune any  more  quickly  because  he  is  well  acquainted  with  the 
methods  of  the  aborigines  of  his  own  or  any  other  country.  But,  as 
an  intellectual  pleasure,  the  inquiry  into  such  matters  will  fully  repay 
itself  to  anyone  who  has  sufficient  knowledge  to  appreciate  it,  and 
such  knowledge  is  possessed  in  the  best  degree  by  physicians  and 
pharmacists  only.  I  feel  that  these  few  apologetic  remarks  are 
necessary  in  these  practical  times,  as  I  do  not  wish  to  be  assailed 
with  the  perpetual  cui  bono  (?)  complaint,  which  is  always  levelled  at 
those  who  do  not  make  money  the  direct  or  indirect  object  of  their 
leisure  time  researches. 
Some  time  ago  it  was  my  good  fortune  to  make  the  acquaintance 
of  a  high-caste  Hindu  gentleman  in  this  city,  whose  family  had  for 
generations  back  practised  as  "  hakims,"  or  native  doctors,  and  in 
whose  possession  were  a  number  of  very  ancient  Sanscrit  manu- 
script works  on  medical  subjects.    One  of  these  he  was  engaged 
1  Reprinted  from  Pharm.  Journ.  Trans.,  August  26,  p.  161. 
